A SEX ATTACKER is still at loose, after breaking into two flats on the Isle of Dogs and assaulting a woman as she slept. Police have now released brief CCTV footage of the man and are appealing for the public ...

THREE OUTSTANDING achievements helped Team GB heptathlete Katie Stainton earn silver for herself and bronze for the British team at the European Combined Event Team Championships in Lutsk, in the Ukraine. Katie managed two personal bests on the first day ...

FOR ELEVEN YEARS, girls have been vaccinated routinely against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). The vaccinations are offered in the first year of secondary school. Now boys will also be offered the virus in secondary schools, starting this autumn. HPV can ...

LEYTON ORIENT began their pre-season friendly with Harlow Town with a minute’s applause in memory of former Head Coach Justin Edinburgh, who died unexpectedly last month. Then it was on with the game – with Ross Embleton, the Club’s interim ...

IS FOURTH place the new standard for British women’s teams competing internationally? Following on from the women’s football team, it’s the result achieved by the Great Britain’s women’s basketball team too. The team has been playing in the EuroBasket championships ...

ORLANDO SOTO is 87 years old – and he is missing from his home in Hackney, N16. He has dementia and is partially sighted. Mr Soto was last seen during the afternoon of 7th July. He was wearing a red, ...

WHAT WERE we listening to 50 years ago? The year 1969 began with Peter Sarstedt’s Where do you go to, my lovely? occupying the top spot on the UK Charts for four consecutive weeks. The song divides opinions.  Some see it ...

EAST LONDONERS have been asked to keep an eye out for Danni Leigh Lacey, from Burnley. Danni is missing, and the request to help find her comes from Burnley police. Danni is just 16. She was last seen at 10.45pm ...

BARKING & DAGENHAM resident Emdad Rahman has been spreading a little happiness with the London Relay 2019. He has also had an eventful week in his quest to achieve two milestones. The Dagenham 88 runner was joined by family, friends ...

ANDREW MURRAY and Serena Williams have won their first mixed doubles at Wimbledon, as Murray takes his first steps in the tennis comeback he feared he may never see. Injury had caused him so much pain he couldn’t play with ...